Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not much is known about the janitor charged Thursday with sending ricin-laced to a federal judge in Washington state. According to the Washington Post, Matthew Ryan Buquet is a short, balding 37-year-old and a registered sex offender. “He sticks to himself,” Scott Ward, who lives across the hall from Buquet’s apartment, told…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Abdulbaki Todashev says his son loved life in America and would never kill anyone. His son, Ibragim Todashev, was fatally shot in his Orlando apartment by an FBI agent while being questioned about his ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. “I absolutely refuse to believe my son could have attacked a…
By Michael Isikoff NBC News WASHINGTON –– Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday. The disclosure of the…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, clad in a tan, khaki prison outfit, entered the federal courtroom in handcuffs and with a smile Thursday morning. He left about 40 minutes later, escorted in handcuffs and with a new court appointed attorney. Kilpatrick, who was uncuffed during the proceedings, appeared before…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway to serve time behind bars for bank fraud. In a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday in federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s office recommended that Hathaway serve 12 to 18 months under the sentencing guidelines. Sentencing is set for Tuesday at 2…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Chechen immigrant fatally shot by an FBI agent in Florida had connections to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the Associated Press reports. Ibragim Todashev has a lot in common with bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during a shootout with police. He has Chechen roots, experience with mixed…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 19-year-old man Guatemalan pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally crossing the U.S. border and stabbing a Border Patrol dog in the neck, the Associated Press reports. Luis Gilberto Cruz-Solis could be sentenced up to a year in prison next month. He pleaded guilty to willfully and maliciously harming a police animal and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man believed to be behind a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin was arrested by FBI agents Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Authorities identified the suspect as Matthew Ryan Buquet, 37. “Our coordinated team acted swiftly to resolve a potentially dangerous situation, and continues working tirelessly around the clock…
